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Webster's English Dictionary

pillar

n. [OE. pilerF. pilier, LL. pilare, pilarium, pilarius, fr. L. pila a pillar. See Pile a heap.]1. The general and popular term for a firm, upright, insulated support for a superstructure; a pier, column, or post; also, a column or shaft not supporting a superstructure, as one erected for a monument or an ornament. ()

Jacob set a pillar upon her grave. (Gen. xxxv. 20.)

The place . . . vast and proud, Supported by a hundred pillars stood. (Dryden.)

2. Figuratively, that which resembles such a pillar in appearance, character, or office; a supporter or mainstay; as, the Pillars of Hercules; a pillar of the state. (Shak.)

By day a cloud, by night a pillar of fire. (Milton.)

3. (R. C. Ch.) A portable ornamental column, formerly carried before a cardinal, as emblematic of his support to the church. (Skelton.)

4. (Man.) The center of the volta, ring, or manege ground, around which a horse turns. ()

From pillar to post, hither and thither; to and fro; from one place or predicament to another; backward and forward. [Colloq.] -- Pillar saint. See Stylite. -- Pillars of the fauces. See Fauces, 1. ()

a. (Mach.) Having a support in the form of a pillar, instead of legs; as, a pillar drill. ()